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Old Apr 18 2008, 2:01 PM
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the only one who has been able to combine minimalist techniques with post-war European modernism and dissonance.
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easy-going triadic harmonies of John Adams
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(Yeah, btw, NOTHING new can be done with triadic harmonies! In fact, nothing new can be done with words built out of letters. Time for innovation. Wait - improvement! 12387 502 239872356 3847 378 34736429 38 747 477. 3847 378!! 87 3847 18 9843 734 71 38734 9 8 8378347.)
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Boulez does not and keeps reinventing his musical idiom.
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In English that means "Boulez is just pure rubbish though - who actually likes this shit?"
Just a rough translation though - my radical new message can't be cramped into the old language.
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